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Provision of Hot School Meals to Scoil Mhichíl Naofa (18288B)

Value

€891k

Deadline

20 May

Daily hot meal catering service to a primary school under the School Meals Scheme.

📍 Kildare

This tender has been awarded

Must-haves

Fail any = disqualified
Required

Tenderers must confirm attendance at the Mandatory Site Visit arranged by the Contracting Authority.

Required

Tenderers must be registered as Food Business Operators (FBOs) with the HSE, local authority or competent authority and provide copy of acknowledgement or approval certificate.

Required

Tenderers must demonstrate experience in successfully delivering hot catering services of comparable nature, scale and value via at least three previous contract examples from within the last three years.

Required

Tenderers must provide financial statements for the last three financial years including an unqualified audit report.

Required

Tenderers must assign a Key Account Manager (KAM) with a CV (max 2 A4 pages) and nominate a backup KAM with CV.

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Required certifications

  • Food Business Operator (FBO) registration with HSE or competent authority
  • Unqualified audit report on financial statements (last 3 years)

Background

The contractor must provide a complete hot catering service including: a food ordering system; daily safe and efficient meal service; a compliant food plan and food standards meeting government nutritional guidelines; a complaints and incident management system; continuous skilled staff resourcing; and green procurement/sustainability practices. Individual packaging and labelling with imagery is required. A Key Account Manager (KAM) with relevant experience must be assigned and a backup KAM nominated.

What this involves

Daily provision of hot school meals including ordering, preparation, service, packaging, labelling, and quality assurance.

Daily hot meals service during school term
Food ordering system
Compliant food plan and nutritional standards documentation
Complaint and incident management procedures
Assigned KAM with CV (and backup KAM)
Individual meal packaging with imagery
Green procurement/sustainability approach

Scoring

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Lots (1)

Lot 1: Provision of Hot Meals to Primary Schools

Supply and delivery of hot meals to students at Scoil Mhichíl Naofa under the School Meals Scheme.

Documents (2)

PDF

eEspd Hot meals Scoil Mhichil Naofa 18288B 2026.pdf

362.9 KB · ESPD (European Single Procurement Document)

PDF

TRD Hot meals Scoil Mhichil Naofa 18288B 2026.pdf

797.0 KB · Tender Response Template

Original notice text

The Board of Management of Scoil Mhichíl Naofa, 18288B is seeking proposals for the provision of Hot School Meals under the School Meals Scheme through the Department of Social Protection (DSP) and is dependent on the level of DSP funding approved for each academic year. The School intends to facilitate the availability of this service each day of the school year for 510 students. The school calendar will be furnished to the Successful Tenderer at the start of each academic year.

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Details

Value

€891k

Deadline

20 May

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Location

Scoil Mhichíl Naofa, Mount Hawkins, Athy, Co. Kildare

Procedure

Open

Clarification

13 May 2026

eTenders ID

7820612

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